Harold C. Rogers

Dec 20, 2023 | publicradiotulsa.org | Harold C. Rogers |Sunyi Dean |Glynnis MacNicol |Bruce D. Perry

If you’re a Goodreads user, you’ve probably seen your Year in Books. It’s a fun, Spotify-inspired glance at the highlights of your reading year. For example, my shortest book at 128 pages was the delightful Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. My longest at 816 pages was The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honore Fanonne Jeffers. The book that was most shelved by other Goodreads users was The Guest List by Lucy Foley. The least shelved was The Damages by Genevieve Scott.

Jun 2, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Harold C. Rogers |Adrienne Brodeur |Maud Ventura

Jennifer Cody Epstein. Ballantine, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-15800-5This beautifully crafted historical from Epstein (Wunderland) evokes the cruel and misogynistic mental health system of late 19th-century Paris. After Laure Bissonet’s father dies in debt, his house is seized, leaving Laure without a home. She has a breakdown and lands in the hysteria ward of the Salpêtrière, Paris’s massive asylum for women. She recovers, but lacks the skills necessary for employment beyond the asylum.